Volleyball 9-24 vs Meadowdale - revised

If you weren’t in the OHHS gym Thursday evening for the volleyball match against Meadowdale, you missed out, as there was active, exciting volleyball.

The Wildcats started out with a big block by Devin Tanner and Amanda Blau to earn the first point of the night. A later service ace by libero Kelsey Terrazas-Cooley made it 5-2 for the ‘Cats. Meadowdale was able to grab a 9-8 lead, but only until a kill by Katelyn Bristow tied it back up. A Marisa Sutherland kill and block gave OH a 14-12 lead, but a couple of OH hitting errors contributed to 5-point swing, leaving Meadowdale with a 17-14 late lead. The Maverick lead didn’t last long, as some great digs by Kelsey kept the ball in play, then three straight blocks involving 6-1 junior Amanda Blau tied game one at 19. A Bristow ace and Blau kill made it 22-21, forcing a Meadowdale timeout. After the TO, Blau added another kill to her total, but Meadowdale fought back to tie the game at 24. Tanner sealed the deal with a big kill for game point, then won it with a service ace.

Game 2 started with an Oak Harbor 3-0 lead which the Wildcats held for only a short while. Meadowdale tied the game at 4 and didn’t trail again for the rest of the game. Oak Harbor scored 3 service aces during the game, the last by setter Melany Cone, bringing OH to within one point. In the end, Meadowdale was able to hold on for a 25-23 win.

Game 3 had the Wildcats trailing early, but finally caught up and tied the game at 17 on a couple of Sutherland points. A Maverick hitting error gave Oak Harbor the lead, 18-17 and the Meadowdale coach called a time out. The next point also went to Oak Harbor on a big Sutherland kill. After Meadowdale scored a point, OH got three straight on a Roshel Muzzall kill, a Sutherland block, and a double block by Cone and Blau. Meadowdale closed to within 2 points forcing coach Molitor to call a timeout. Whatever she said worked, as Muzzall spiked another kill for game point, and Cone served up an ace to finish game to 25-21 in favor of Oak Harbor.

Oak Harbor also trailed through most of game 4, down by 6 at one point. Melany Cone tied the game at 14 with a service ace, and the game was tied 3 other times until Meadowdale put it away 25-22 to force game 5.

Janessa Ramos lit up the net early in game 5 scoring 3 kills, but a series of Oak Harbor errors let the Mavs take a 12-7 lead. Another Cone ace and a Blau kill weren’t enough as Meadowdale won game 5 15-9 and the match 3-2.

The JV team played 3 close games. The first went to Meadowdale 23-25, but the Wildcat girls won game 2 and 3 by identical 25-21 scores.

Since the field house is still not ready for play, the freshman team was over the middle school again. They got thumped in game one 9-25, won game two 25-22, and lost game three 25-18.

The teams have only one match this week, a Thursday contest at Monroe, and will be home both Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

76 photos from the game are posted HERE.

A few video clips are posted HERE.